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Funding Kansas City

We sincerely  thank our "Funding Kansas City" panelists: Bob Marcusse, president and CEO of  he Kansas City Area  Development Council, Mark Thoma-Perry, the  interim  budget  officer  of  the  city  of  Kansas City, Missouri, and David Warm, executive director of the Mid-America Regional Council for sharing their insights regarding how our region funds key services and infrastructure.  And, many thanks to Hallmark for hosting the February program. KCT Alumni were afforded a unique opportunity to learn more about the funding challenges facing our region.

Honoring Tom Hoenig, 2010 Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award




Tom Hoenig, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City was selected as the 2010 recipient of the KCTAA Distinguished Alumni Award. An event to honor Mr. Hoenig was held at the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.








Tom joins a prestigious list of past winners of the award, including:

1987 - Art Fillmore, Class I
1988 - Alvin Brooks, Class IV
1989 - Drue Jennings, Class V
1990 - Susan Stanton, Class VII
1991 - Jan Kreamer, Class V
1992 - Linda Gill Taylor, Class VII
1993 - Frank Kirk, Class I
1994 - Terry Dunn, Class III
1997 - Linda Ward, Class III and Terry Ward, Class I
1998 - David Thomas, Class XV
1999 - Randall Ferguson Jr., Class XIV
2000 - William Berkley, Class VIII
2001 - Ramon Murguia, Class X
2002 - Mary Hunkeler, Class XII
2003 - Palle Rilinger, Class IX
2004 - John Laney, Class III
2005 - Sandra Aust, Class V
2006 - Reverend Vern Barnet, Class XII
2007 - Allan Gray, Class VIII
2008 - Laura McKnight, Class XXVII
2009 - Bill Hall, Class I
2010- Tom Hoenig, Class XI

Alumni in the News

JAN KAUK, KCT Board Member and member of Class XXI, was named the 2009 Northlander of the Year at the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet in January. In addition to serving on our board, Jan is a board member of the North Kansas City Schools and the executive director of the Northland Community Foundation.

The Northlander of the Year award is given by the chamber annually to recognize one individual for making an outstanding contribution to the betterment of the community. Past award recipients include Anita Gorman, Dr. Don Breckon, Charles Garney, Jay Dillingham, Howard Breen, Bill Grigsby, Ray Brock and Tammy Henderson.

FRED TROMANS has joined the board of Cristo Rey High School.